Cookbooks

List of potential Rebol 3 Cookbooks. Most are taken from the R2 cookbook http://www.rebol.net/cookbook/. Please add your own ideas!

Table of Contents List of Cookbooks Audio Cookbook Console Cookbook Data Processing Cookbook Dates and Times Cookbook Debugging Cookbook Documentation Cookbook Embedded Cookbook Error Handling Cookbook File Management Cookbook Low- and Mid-Level Networking Rebol/Services Rebcode Low-Level Graphics Cookbook VID Cookbook OpenGL Cookbook Security Cookbook Scripting Cookbook Plugin Cookbook Modules Cookbook Tasking Cookbook Rebol Internals Cookbook Rebol Language Cookbook Numbers and Math Cookbook Mediatypes Cookbook System Cookbook Windows Cookbook MacOSX Cookbook Linux Cookbook R2 vs. R3 Cookbook FAQ Cookbook RT Developer Cookbook Cookbook References

List of Cookbooks

Audio Cookbook

• Playing a sound
• Adjusting volume
• Scrubbing in a sound file
• Displaying a sound waveform
• FFT analyzer

Console Cookbook

• Using a serial console on headless R3 host.
• Write console output to disk
• Knowing the user.r file
• Getting Raw Keyboard Characters in the Console

Data Processing Cookbook

Convert Text File Formats (Line Terminators) Search a File Replace Text in a File Create HTML Code A Micro Database Creating Text with Form, Mold, Join, etc. Circular Series of Values Reading Delimited Text Files (Like CSV)

Lowercase Clipboard HTML Thumbnail Photo Directory Maker Tiny HTML to Text Converter Rebol Parser in 10 Lines (plus Pretty Printer) One Line Network Port Checker DNS and Reverse DNS Lookup Simple TCP Port-Forwarder How to feed DECOMPRESS with correctly compressed data

Dates and Times Cookbook

Time and Date Stamps Computing Time Differences Last Modified Date/Time (Within a Rebol Script)

Calculate the age of a person A Different Time(r) Unix Date Format Converter

Debugging Cookbook

• Use TRACE properly
• PROBE, ??
• Good debugging techniques
• Simple Unit Test Tool
• Stepping through a script

Documentation Cookbook

• About Cookbooks
• Typographical Conventions

Embedded Cookbook

• Restricting memory usage in your scripts

Error Handling Cookbook

• Trapping Errors
• Create Errors
• Create user friendly error requesters

File Management Cookbook

Get a Directory File List Copy all Files in a Directory Match File Extensions Writing a Program File (Executable)

Retrieve Specific Lines from a File Writing a Log File Search a huge file

Low- and Mid-Level Networking

Fetch Web Pages (Web HTTP Files) Write a Protocol TCP Port Examples Two Simple Scripts Talking Over TCP Uploading a File with HTTP (Post) Automated FTP Script Creating a Server Port Simple Web Site Monitor Multiple Web Site Monitor with Email Alerts Fetch All IP Addresses Using HTTP Cookies

Tiny Web Server Send Binary (Image) Using a TCP Socket Raw HTTP Web Requests Graphical Internet and Website Server Monitor Telnet protocol Streaming data Simple Stock Ticker Get Dictionary Entry Google Search TCP Port Details

Rebol/Services

Source http://www.rebol.com/docs/services/source.html

• Rebol/Services Tutorial
• Rebol/Services Security
• Rebol/Services Benefits

Rebcode

Rebcode Overview Rebol To Rebcode Conversion Using Rebcode To Generate Bitmaps

Optimizing Rebcode Mandelbrot Generator

Low-Level Graphics Cookbook

• Using DRAW to create math graphs
• Using DRAW to create 3D vector graphics
• Simple Animation with View/Draw

VID Cookbook

Create a dynamic user interface Write a style Simple Text Form Window Open Two Windows Changing Text Font Attributes Get and Set Text Fields

Adding a Scrollbar to Text Getting A Text List Value Scrolling an Image Scrolling a GUI Panel Progress Bar Mouse Move Events - Raw Over and Hover Events

OpenGL Cookbook

• Creating a First Person View

Security Cookbook

• Strong Authentication Method
• Cloaking (Encrypting) Strings
• RSA Key Encryption over TCP

Scripting Cookbook

• Running scripts from OS console (not Rebol console)
• Running scripts from the Gnome desktop
• Storing Image Files in a Script (Embedded Images)
• Rebol Scripts Embedded Within Web Pages
• Good Rebol script headers
• INCLUDE documentation

Plugin Cookbook

• Embed a script in a webpage
• Use Plugin to navigate the DOM

Modules Cookbook

• Creating a Module

Tasking Cookbook

• Do's and Don'ts in tasking
• Sending a Message to a Task

Rebol Internals Cookbook

• 64-bit Decimals

Rebol Language Cookbook

• Increment / Decrement a word value
• Passing Single Values and Blocks to Functions
• CASE
• Exploring the SYSTEM object
• Creating a new datatype
• R2 vs. R3 Contexts

Numbers and Math Cookbook

• Explaining Math Precision
• Using the money! datatype

Mediatypes Cookbook

• Creating a mediatype

System Cookbook

• Porting R3 to another OS
• Making a device driver
• The Rebol boot process

Windows Cookbook

• Reading Windows Shortcuts
• Placing windows on multiple screens
• Vista compatibility
• Windows 95/98 compatibility
• Reading NTFS timestamps
• Using Network Drives
• Creating icons for encapsulated R3 scripts

MacOSX Cookbook

Using the menubar in your Rebol apps Using LaunchD to make an R3 script into a daemon Understanding Application Packages Sending files to Trash properly

MacOSX Panther Compatibility MacOSX Tiger Compatibility MacOSX Leopard Compatibility

Linux Cookbook

• Start an R3 script as a daemon under Debian
• Making an RPM package from an R3 script
• Making an APT package from an R3 script

R2 vs. R3 Cookbook

• R2 vs. R3 function list
• How to do things the new Rebol 3 way
• Changes between V2 and V3

FAQ Cookbook

• FAQ on Design of View
• Rebol/Services FAQ

RT Developer Cookbook

• Mandatory Reading
• Release Process
• AltME Bug Tracker Structure

Cookbook References